Quantum Security Certification: Which Qualification Should You Get in 2026?
No single qualification solves the quantum security problem in 2026. The certification market has not caught up to NIST’s post-quantum standards. Here…
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Quantum Security for Small Business: What the Threat Actually Is and What to Do About It
If you run a small business and someone has told you that quantum computers will soon break your encryption, the natural question is: does this…
The CRQC Timeline: When Quantum Computers Become a Real Threat
The news cycle treats quantum computing as either an existential emergency arriving next year or a distant curiosity with no current relevance. Both…
End-to-End Encryption: What It Protects Against Today and What Quantum Computers Will Break
A quantum computer breaks the key exchange step of end-to-end encryption, not the bulk message cipher. The risk profile varies by application design.…
Quantum Security Engineer: Role, Salary, and Skills in 2026
What a quantum security engineer actually does, what the role pays in 2026 in the US and UK, what skills matter at interview, and where the career…
Cybersecurity Certifications in the Quantum Era: Which Ones Are Actually Preparing You
A practitioner holding a CISSP, a CISM, and a GIAC GSEC in 2026 has credentials that satisfy most employer qualification frameworks. Put that same…
Post-Quantum Cryptography vs Quantum Cryptography: What Is the Difference?
The two terms are not interchangeable, and treating them as if they were produces real planning errors. NIST's Cryptography Resource Center uses…
ISC2 vs ISACA: Which Certification Body Should a Quantum Security Professional Use?
The honest answer is that neither body offers what a quantum security professional actually needs. That is not a criticism. It is a statement of…
Post-Quantum Cryptography for Security Architects: Standards, Migration Paths, and Decision Points
Four NIST standards were finalised in August 2024. They do not tell you which one to deploy first, which protocol represents the fastest migration…
Shor's Algorithm Explained: Why RSA and ECC Will Not Survive a Quantum Computer
In 1994, Peter Shor published a mathematical proof: on a quantum computer of sufficient size, integer factorisation and the discrete logarithm problem…
Quantum Computing vs Artificial Intelligence: What Security Teams Need to Understand
At most enterprise security conferences in 2026, quantum computing and artificial intelligence share a stage. This article maps where the capabilities…
Post-Quantum VPNs Explained: What ML-KEM Does Inside a VPN Tunnel and Which Providers Have Shipped It
The quantum threat to VPN security is present-tense: adversaries are capturing encrypted sessions now. This article explains which layer of a VPN…
What Is Public Key Infrastructure and Why Quantum Computers Break It
PKI is the trust architecture underlying TLS, code signing, SSH, and most of enterprise security. RSA and ECDSA sign every link in the chain. Shor’s…
Crypto4A Joins Quantum Security & Defence Alliance to Advance Global Quantum-Safe Infrastructure
Leading Canadian provider of quantum-safe-by-design cryptographic infrastructure strengthens QSECDEF's mission to secure the transition into the…
Belden Partners with QSECDEF to Advance Quantum-Safe Networking
Belden Inc., a global provider of network infrastructure solutions, has joined forces with Quantum Security & Defence to accelerate the adoption of…
Classiq, NVIDIA and BMW Apply Quantum Computing to Electric Vehicle Design
Israeli quantum computing startup Classiq has teamed up with NVIDIA and the BMW Group to optimise the architecture of electric vehicle mechatronic…
C12 Raises €18 Million to Advance Carbon Nanotube Quantum Computing
French quantum computing startup C12, a spin-off from the Physics Laboratory of the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, has closed an €18 million…
Qblox Secures $26 Million Series A to Scale Quantum Control Stack
Dutch quantum technology company Qblox has closed a $26 million Series A round led by Quantonation and Invest-NL, funding the expansion of its…
Researchers Predict Protein Structure Using Quantum Computing
It is not long after the first quantum computer dedicated to the healthcare research officially unveiled, but we have more exciting news!
Pasqal and IBM Join Forces
So what would IBM a leading Quantum Computing company and French Quantum platform leader Pasqal, announce a plan to join forces, what IBM already has…
Quantinuum Unveils Groundbreaking Quantum Computer
The quantum world just got a lot more interesting. Quantinuum, the largest integrated quantum computing company globally, has introduced the…
Has China Been Stealing Quantum Technology from the USA?
The United States of America, in its most recent Entity List under the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), has added 37 quantum research…
Zoom Deploys Post-Quantum Encryption
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has announced its launch of post-quantum end-to-end encryption (E2EE) service on Zoom Workplace globally
Chinese Scientists Develop Worlds Biggest Quantum Computing Chip
A new chip called "Xiaohong" is the biggest quantum computing chip developed in China so far. It was developed by a team of scientists at the Center…
Online Courses For Quantum Computing
Quantum computing is an evolving field that has sparked a huge global interest due to its massive potential and capabilities. It remains one of the…
Aramco Choose Pasqal in Saudi Arabia
Aramco, a leading global integrated energy and chemicals company that creates value and economic benefits to people and communities worldwide by…
VTT Develops Quantum Algorithms for Hybrid Systems
Finland via the Finnish Technical Resource Center (VTT) is working with CSC, operators of LUMI, a pan-European supercomputer located in CSC’s data…
Pasqal and Thales Work On Quantum Processing in Satellite Planning
Pasqal, a leading quantum computing company that develops neutral atoms quantum processors in 2D and 3D arrays to bring the realisation of practical…
JSC Partners For Quantum-Classical Infrastructure Integration
The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich has partnered with Goethe-University Frankfurt, ParTec, and Quantum Machines to…
Amazon and IQM Join Forces
Amazon and IQM have joined forces to establish IQM’s quantum computing service on Amazon Web Service (AWS) via Amazon Braket, increasing the…
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